Easter Day
I’m not religious in any traditional sense, but when I used to live on 109th St. and Amsterdam, there was no bigger day on the calendar than Easter Sunday at […]
Redemption
Well. I got in, and the minute Judy Collins started singing "Bright Morning Stars," I completely forgot about the wait. She followed it up with a sing-a-long "Amazing Grace" that
Disappointment
I should have known better than to cut it close at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine this morning, after getting locked out of the Christmas Eve service in
Love and Death
A check of the FoM archives reveals that I’ve yet to post a review from the Metropolitan Opera. Which is bewildering to me, considering I’ve been attending operas at the
Long Haul
It’s intermission after Act 2 of Wagner’s Tristan Und Isolde, and we’re already past the four hour point. It’s good – great even – but I think I need to
Passion Players
Every Holy Week for the past six years, I’ve listened to Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s 2001 Teldec recording of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, one of the towering works of the repertoire. But,
Great Friday
I can’t remember ever having heard a more moving liturgy than tonight’s Good Friday Solemn Mass at St. Thomas Church, sung by the Choir of Men and Boys. The Passion
Quiet Night
A few hours after sitting in Trinity Church for Tenebrae, I stopped by Barbes for Bethany’s Stochastic Brooklyn, catching the second half of David Moore’s octet Bing and Ruth. Moore
From the Profane to the Sacred
After four days suppliant to the rock gods of Austin, Holy Week comes as something of a relief. Tonight was Tenebrae at Trinity Church; tomorrow brings Bach’s St. Matthew Passion